When did you guys first jump?

[harding-D44 0]

I was 13 back in 69

Yes, I know, it wasn't legal, but that was a different time in a much different era

for full disclosure D44 is my dad's license#, not mine

[mjosparky 4]

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I was 13 back in 69

Yes, I know, it wasn't legal, but that was a different time in a much different era

for full disclosure D44 is my dad's license#, not mine

Dan Harding from OH?

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[harding-D44 0]

Yep Sparky, Dan was my dad, did you know him?

[skyrider 0]

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I was 13 back in 69

Yes, I know, it wasn't legal, but that was a different time in a much different era

for full disclosure D44 is my dad's license#, not mine

Wasn't Bear, (Denny Gainer) D 34? or was it 38?

[harding-D44 0]

Here's a list of the top 100 that I snagged from another post

List of Early D License Holders:
No. - Location - Name
1 MA Lewis B Sanborn
2 MA Jacques A Istel
3 MA Dana Paul Smith
4 MA Darius Vakharia
5 PA Steve Snyder
6 MO George P Taylor
7 AK Heisel Christian
8 VA Verlin Glenn
9 CA Lt. James P Pearson
10 NY Robert M McDonnell
11 GA Danny Byard
12 NC Loy Brydon
13 NY Jim Arender
14 Ernest Lynn Pyland
15 NC Merrill L Shepard
16 MA Edward F Strong
17 Ray Love
18 KY Michael Kremar
19 Jack Helms
20 NC Herry E Arter
21 MA Mark Schmidt
22 NC Gerald F Bourquin
23 PA William C Edge
24 PA Robert Spatola
25 NC Harold R Lewis
26 MA William G Jolly
27 Lee Ray K Smith
28 GA Elfers, William
29 KY Kirtley, Thomas
30 NY MacPherson, Allan
31 MA Straus, Bradford
32 Unziker, William J.
33 CA Hulick, Gerald W.
34 PA Bahor, Erick M.
35 KY Meyers, Lee A
36 OH Reed/Sherman Wilson
37 TX Duncan/Edmond C
38 NC Fortenberry, Richard T
39 NC Jorgensen, Keith C
40 NC Dunphry, Richard
41 NC Martin, Roy D
42 TX Jacks, Clyde E. I had about 50 Jumps with Clyde who had Gold Wings 1 or 2. With about 1500 jumps he was killed doing low altitude rolls in his stunt plane near Houston, Texas in Nov., 1962.
43 CA Pol, James E.
44 OH Harding, Daniel E
45 CA Skinner, Robert W.
46 IN MacPherson, Dennis H
47 FL Poppenhager, Paul J.
48 VA Hale, Roger, C.
49 MA Moge, Maurice R.
50 NJ Guilfoyle, Lee
51 CA Stevens, Perry D.
52 CA Murry, robert A.
53 CA Duncan, Edmond C.
54 CA Williams, Verne
55 CA Kilsow, Arthur
56 FL Brezin, Ben
57 MN Mathwig/Jerry E
58 MO Williams, Douglas E
59 CA Kochenberg, Dale R.
60 IL Stoyas, James C. Creamed In 1982
61 APO NY Chace, John P.
62 NC Ward, Richard F.
63 CA Simbro, Henry L. Jumped with Hank and Muriel at Lancaster, Taft and Arvin DZ's
64 CA Percival/John Moring
65 WI Goetsch/Phillip L
66 APO NY Charland, Normand E.
67 GA Edwards, Roy L.D.
68 OH Beyan, Dennis P.
69 VT Pond/Nathan
70 KY McDonald/Coy O
71 NC Letbetter, Bobby W.
72 SD Smith/Richard Nelson
73 NC Hollis/John T
74 AZ Hirschberg/Kenneth Allen
75 NC Perry, James M
76 CA Buckner, Robert H, Jr.
77 NC Norman, Joe
78 CA Muriel, Jean Simbro Wife of Henry Simbro D-63
79 NJ O'Reilly, James J.
80 NC Yost, Charles E.
81 FL Benoit, Chritten P.
82 NC Cole, Ray S., Jr.
83 CO McCarthy/William E
84 CA Cupp, Jack M. Jumps with Cupp at Lancaster, Taft and Arvin DZ's.
85 OH McLean, Howard
86 CA McClellan, Haynes, F.
87 NC Mills, Wesley G., Jr.
88 FL Horvath, Martin J.
89 TX Fitch, Edward D. Dr. Fitch (C-198), a friend of Clyde Jacks, was a Heart Surgeon in Houston. Had about 30 jumps with Fitch at Bee Line and Midway DZ's near Houston,Texas
90 NC Charette/Wja
91 OH Gates/Dale V/ Jr
92 NC Webber, Claude A
93 OR Scott, John A
94 MO Garrison, James W.
95 CA Molitar, Don Jumps with Molitar at Taft and Arvin DZ's.
96 SC Coleman/Maurice C
97 OH Draper, John D.
97-A NC Palmer, Ralph K.
98 PA Pasquale, John F.
99 NC Williford, Sherman H.
100 FL Shuford, Richard H.

[mjosparky 4]

No, I didn't know him. But I do have a list of the first 400. Bear was 138. RIP

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals